LACEWING SHAWL by Shui Kuen Kozinski Cathedral: Sun seeps through stained windows. In green valley, fluttering in air, translucent: Delicate, ephemeral - Lacewing. The Lacewing Shawl is a top-down, triangular shaped shawl in two identical sections, knit in a combination of coin lace and long-ladder patterns, making it feather light and silky soft. Stiches are dropped on every right side row. The following is a description of the long-ladder pattern by Mary Thomas: "A stitch, when dropped, will leave an open ladder space about three times the normal width of the stitch, and in closely spaced, long ladder patterns will add considerably to the width of the fabric." [1] To enhance the fabric structure, the stitch before and after the drop stitch, is knitted through the back loop. [2] Experience: Intermediate Size: 70 inches wide at widest point by 23 inches long at longest point after blocking. Materials: - 1 elann.com Lacewing Shawl Kit or - elann.com Super Kydd - 3 balls of main color, and 1 ball for edging and bind off. - 4.5mm (US 7) 32 inch circular needle or straight needle - Ring markers or slip markers. - 4.5mm (G6-7) crochet hook for provisional cast on. - Scrap yarn. Gauge: 14 sts per 4 inches over pattern sts after blocking. Charts: click here to download a printable PDF version of the charts for this pattern. INSTRUCTIONS: Knitting Notes: Coin lace: pass the 3rd st on your left hand needle over the first and second stitch on the left hand needle, then k 1, yarn over, k1 Drop stitch (D): Drop the stitch, pick up the drop stitch’s top bar and knit this stitch Ktbl (b) : knit through back loop Cast on: Shawl begins at the center back using provisional cast on. With contrast color scrap yarn and crochet hook, chain 6. With shawl yarn pick up and knit 2 sts in the bumps on the back side of the center 2 chains - 2 sts. Knit 10 rows. Next row, K2, pick up and knit 1 st in each of the 5 garter ridges along selvedge edge of piece, unzip scrap yarn chain to expose 2 sts at base of the piece, place these 2 sts onto left needle, K2. (9 sts total). Next row: k2, p5, k2. Top of the shawl: (see chart 1 row 1-14) In the following written instuctions, center stitch and edging stitches on both sides are in capital letters and bold print. All even rows are k2, p to the last 2 st, k2 R 1: K2, yo, k1, yo, k1, yo, k1, yo, k1, yo, k1, yo, K2 (15 sts) Now, you have 2 garter edge sts on both sides, 1 center stitch, and 5 sts between edging sts and center sts. Use slip marker to mark the center stitch. R 3: K2, yo, k1, b, D, b, k1, yo, K1, yo, k1, b, D, b, k1, yo, K2 (19sts) R 5: K2, yo, k2, b, D, b, k2, yo, K1, yo, k2, b, D, b, k2, yo, K2 (23sts) R 7: K2, yo, k3, b, D, b, k3, yo, K1, yo, k3, b, D, b, k3, yo, K2 (27sts) R 9: K2, yo, k4, b, D, b, k4, yo, K1, yo, k4, b, D, b, k4, yo, K2 (31sts) R 11: K2, yo, k5, b, D, b, k5, yo, K1, yo, k5, b, D, b, k5, yo, K2 (35sts) R 13: K2, yo, k1, yo, k2tog, k3, b, D, b, k3, ssk, yo, k1, yo, K1 yo, k1, yo, k2tog, k3, b, D, b, k3, ssk, yo, k1, yo, K2 (39sts) R 14: K2, p to the last 2 st, K2 Body of the shawl: (see chart 2 row 15-26) For the first R15-26 sequence, repeat *( )* 2 time. Stitch counts are for successive repeats of R15–26. R 15: K2, yo, k1, b, *(D, b, coin lace, b)*, D, b, k1, yo, K1 yo, k1, b, *(D, b, coin lace, b)*, D, b, k1, yo, K2 (43, 67, 91, 115…..sts) R 17: K2, yo, k2, b, *(D, b, k3, b)*, D, b, k2, yo, K1 yo, k2, b, *(D, b, k3, b)*, D, b, k2, yo, K2 (47, 71, 95, 119……sts) R 19: K2, yo, k3, b, *(D, b, coin lace, b)*, D, b, k3, yo, K1 yo, k3, b, *(D, b, coin lace, b)*, D, b, k3, yo, K2 (51, 75, 99, 123….sts) R 21: K2, yo, k4, b, *(D, b, k3, b)*, D, b, k4, yo, K1 yo, k4, b, *(D, b, k3, b)*, D, b, k4, yo, K2 (55, 79, 103, 127….sts) R 23: K2, yo, k5, b, *(D, b, coin lace, b)*, D, b, k5, yo, K1 yo, k5, b, *(D, b, coin lace, b)*, D, b, k5, yo, K2 (59, 83,107, 131….sts) R 25: K2, yo, k1, yo, k2tog, k3, b, *(D, b, k3, b)*, D, b, k3, ssk, yo, k1, yo, K1, yo, k1, yo, k2tog, k3, b, *(D, b, k3, b)*, D, b, k3, ssk, yo, k1, yo, K2 (63, 87, 111, 135…..sts) R 26: K2, p to the last 2 st, K2 Repeat R15–26, 10 more times, ended on R24, working additional sts into pattern repeats as established. Edging: On the following row: k1p1k1 into the drop st. R 1: K2, yo, k6, b, *( k1, p1, k1, b, k3, b)*, k1, p1, k1, b, k6, yo, K1, yo, k6, b, *( k1, p1, k1, b, k3, b)*, k1, p1, k1, b, k6, yo, K2 R 2-4: knit with Mist Green R 5: knit with Ivory Bind off all sts very loosely with Ivory color as following: K2, *transfer 2 sts back to left hand needle, K2 together through back loops, K1; repeat from *. Finishing: Weave in loose ends. Soak shawl in warm water for 20 minutes, wrap in towel to remove excess water. Lay flat on a big towel, and pin to measurement. Let dry thoroughly, and trim yarn ends to flush. References: [1] “Mary Thomas’ Book of Knitting Patterns” by Mary Thomas, p100-101. [2] Kate Gilbert’s Clapotis. Abbreviations: yo – yarn over, k – knit, k2tog - knit 2 sts together, p – purl, R - round or row, Sk2p – sl1, k2tog, pass sl stitch over the k2tog stitch, SSK - a left-slanting single decrease, 1. Slip 2 stitches separately to right needle as if to knit, 2. Insert tip of left needle into front of these stitches, from left to right. Knit them together. One stitch has been decreased, sl - slip, st(s) - stitch(es). Please note this pattern is copyrighted material and the entire contents of this pattern are copyrighted as a collective work under the copyright laws of Canada and the United States. You may print a copy of this pattern for your own personal use and enjoyment, but editing, publishing, transmitting, e-mailing, posting it to a list service or database, or otherwise commercially exploiting this pattern is strictly forbidden. Copyright elann.com